In the 1960s, while practicing as a general surgeon and teaching surgery at the Yale School of Medicine, Richard Selzer began publishing unique creative work in magazines such as Harper’s and Esquire. This volume is a definitive collection of essays, stories, public lectures, and final diary entries by the renowned surgeon and imaginative writer. Each of the book’s nine topical sections is prefaced by an overview of themes and patterns in Selzer’s work.
In the 1960s, while practicing as a general surgeon and teaching surgery at the Yale School of Medicine, Richard Selzer began publishing unique creative work in magazines such as Harper’s and Esquire. This volume is a definitive collection of essays, stories, public lectures, and final diary entries by the renowned surgeon and imaginative writer. Each of the book’s nine topical sections is prefaced by an overview of themes and patterns in Selzer’s work.
Kevin Kerrane is professor of English at University of Delaware.
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Acknowledgments Editor's Preface Introduction: "The Writer Richard Selzer: High, Low, and Mighty" by Marie Borroff Chronology Prologue The Pen and the Scalpel Part 1: Apprenticeship On the Wire Jonah and the Whale A Single Minute of Fear Fairview Part 2: Anatomy Lessons Liver Bone How Proudly It Heals: In Praise of the Body Republic A Mother's Fury Leonardo's Drawings Flesh Holds the Truth, Mortality The Corpse The Ivory Crucifixion Part 3: Being a Doctor A Hero in a Rowboat Emergency Medicine Mercy Taking the World in for Repairs Imelda Three Doctors: Conan Doyle, Watson, and Me Reflections on Doctoring Part 4: Illuminations At St. Mary's Longfellow, Virgil, and Me Fetishes Four Appointments with the Discus Thrower Whither Thou Goest Risen Atrium: October 2001 Part 5: Being a Writer Meditations on Style Five Finger Exercises
Acknowledgments Editor's Preface Introduction: "The Writer Richard Selzer: High, Low, and Mighty" by Marie Borroff Chronology Prologue The Pen and the Scalpel Part 1: Apprenticeship On the Wire Jonah and the Whale A Single Minute of Fear Fairview Part 2: Anatomy Lessons Liver Bone How Proudly It Heals: In Praise of the Body Republic A Mother's Fury Leonardo's Drawings Flesh Holds the Truth, Mortality The Corpse The Ivory Crucifixion Part 3: Being a Doctor A Hero in a Rowboat Emergency Medicine Mercy Taking the World in for Repairs Imelda Three Doctors: Conan Doyle, Watson, and Me Reflections on Doctoring Part 4: Illuminations At St. Mary's Longfellow, Virgil, and Me Fetishes Four Appointments with the Discus Thrower Whither Thou Goest Risen Atrium: October 2001 Part 5: Being a Writer Meditations on Style Five Finger Exercises
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